SURE WAS FUN having a really smart panel of Boulder Digital Arts instructors answer questions and share tidbits of wisdom at a recent “Introduction to WordPress” hosted by BDA. All three of them – Angela Bowman, Bethany Siegler and Doug Wray – teach WordPress classes through BDA.

Having attended classes from all of them, we can heartily recommend them for those wanting to use this powerful blogging and website-creation platform. See their classes on BDA’s website.

Some of their tips from that evening:

Even though WordPress seems rock-solid, it’s important to do regular backups of both the PHP files and the content databases. Everyone likes WP Database Backup as one great tool.